Tsunami warning. West coast beaches.

[Bill Douglas]

A big earthquake on the Eastern side of Russia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14952857/Earthquake-Russia-tsunami-warning-Hawaii-Guam.html

[herr_oberst]

Looks like Hawaii is bracing for trouble.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Geez, 8.8 is no joke.

[LWJ]

Yikes. Portland is 90 miles or so upriver from the Pacific. But the river moves with the tide. A big wave will come to me.

[HobieMarty]

Watching a live feed with commentary and not much is happening so, good for the people of Hawaii, and hope it remains a non-event.

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[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Looks like Hawaii is bracing for trouble.

Much ado about nothing.

[redpheonix]

I woke up from this news this is so scary. Stay safe everyone!

[flatbutt]

It always amazes me when such an event occurs. An earthquake 3000 or so miles away can create enough energy to send a wave across that great distance without (generally) losing all of that energy.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Much ado about nothing.

I'm glad that everything is apparently going to be ok.

I'd rather the authorities err on the side of caution! I'm sure it's been a ****show, but to not act 'as if' would be criminal.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Much ado about nothing.

I can still remember WPOZZZ's last post.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Looks like Hawaii is bracing for trouble.

Back in the late 60s or early 70s when we lived in Hawaii there was a Tsunami warning issued. Thousands of people went to the beach just to see it. It came in but was just a foot tall, and pretty much just brought in trash and seaweed.

I suspect after the Japan Tsunami and all the coverage of that, people now mostly are on high alert, and head to higher ground.

Around here, we are 100% tsunami safe.

[vash]

I heard we got a tiny 5 foot blip. all good. hope the EQ people are okay..

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Back in the late 60s or early 70s when we lived in Hawaii there was a Tsunami warning issued. Thousands of people went to the beach just to see it. It came in but was just a foot tall, and pretty much just brought in trash and seaweed.

I suspect after the Japan Tsunami and all the coverage of that, people now mostly are on high alert, and head to higher ground.

Around here, we are 100% tsunami safe.

Until you're not. But when you are in danger from a tsunami, you may as well go for a ride or have a beer in your yard or something.

The 2011 Japan tsunami was a devastation that was mind boggling, a lot like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but I feel like the one in Japan was documented better (lots more video). Watching the videos and seeing the after-effects provoked waves (NPI) of emotions.

[vash]

Originally Posted by masraum

Until you're not. But when you are in danger from a tsunami, you may as well go for a ride or have a beer in your yard or something.

100%. sometimes, I just have to trust the "experts"... no skin off my butt to stay on high ground..

(reminds me, I have to buy bear spray...)

[jyl]

Good test and rehearsal.

I guess some people may now be inclined to ignore the next tsunami warning, but I don't care. Darwin lives, they die, coastal property goes up for sale to those who had sense.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

Trying to understand why multiple dead whales are washing up on beaches in Japan?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Arizona_928

Purposely stayed up to see if i can feel any of the waves.

Nothing.

Was disappointed.

There are videos from Russia showing the tsunami hitting parts of Russia and causing damage. And the warning was a great test of the system.

[70SATMan]

Won’t help,,, he’s still disappointed. Can’t imagine being disappointed about no damage and no loss of life from a tsunami.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by Arizona_928

Fear mongering. Low tide is 2x a day. News agencies projected the time of first waves within 20 minutes. Did they mention anything of the tides? Nope. Just that the waves *could be* up to 5 meters. Locally it was 1.2m.

Seems like noaa talking heads are trying to justify their existence, while the rest of the world is coming back to the real science.

I was watching a live stream and I did hear them mention that high tide was around the time they expected waves to start rolling in.
I'm glad that it was basically a non-event.

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[onewhippedpuppy]

There is a certain sensationalism that has unfortunately infiltrated weather programming, which I think makes the crying wolf even worse. Sort of how the Weather Channel took it upon themselves to name winter storms to make it more dramatic. It’s all about driving views or clicks, even if there’s really nothing happening.